From their roots in DIY art spaces, Ryan Fontaine and Kristin Van Loon, the duo behind HAIRandNAILS, champion an artist-first ethos in their gallery. Together, they melded their backgrounds—Fontaine’s in punk rock and experimental music, and Van Loon’s in choreography and performance—into an inclusive gallery experience. In a growing Minneapolis art scene, HAIRandNAILS has developed…

This time last year, I wrote a rather depressing column about the sad state of affairs for Savannah’s art galleries. Many were closing, and there wasn’t (and this part hasn’t changed much) much financial encouragement from the City, Chamber or SCAD to promote artists to live and work in our city.  Despite the arts playing…

SALEM — Six Astoria arts organizations have received small operating grants from the Oregon Arts Commission. The group has awarded 119 grants for the 2024 fiscal year to organizations with annual budgets under $150,000. North Coast groups receiving grants include the Arts Council of Clatsop County, Astoria Arts and Movement Center, Astoria Visual Arts, Cascadia…

LAS VEGAS (KLAS) — For last year’s Remarkable Woman of Las Vegas, Pilita Simpson, the title was just the start of a journey she calls “everything.” “We were the little engine that could,” Simson said. “Positively Arts was relatively unknown, and I cannot tell you how many people have reached out and said, ‘Oh my goodness,…

Lorena Salcedo-Watson When Lorena Salcedo-Watson was first asked to participate in SOMOS Latinx Artists of Long Island exhibition at the Long Island Museum in Stony Brook, she was a little reluctant. “I didn’t really know if I was Latin American enough,” said Salcedo-Watson, a professor of practice in the Department of Art in Stony Brook…

PP: The essay “Under Leviathan’s Eye” in your book Taxonomy of the Barricade was informed by the Paris revolts of May 1968, the event that this exhibition also hinges upon. In expanding this study to encompass a broader history of barricades, were there any unexpected findings? WS: We arrived at new insights concerning the nature…

Miami Art Week is nearly here. What started as Art Basel, a yearly art fair that makes its way to Miami every December, Miami Art Week has grown exponentially and is now made up of dozens of art fairs, gallery pop-ups, and artist-inspired events and activations that take over nearly every corner of the Magic…

Community Building Art Works (CBAW) is a Veteran service organization that builds healthy and connected communities through free online workshops led by professional artists. Veterans and civilians share creative expression, mutual understanding and support. Our mission is to make sure that no Veteran bears the burden of service alone. In partnership with Blue Star Families,…

The contemporary artworks of Dina El-Sioufi, Wole Lagunju, Abe Odedina, and Freya Tewelde came together to create the show “Re” at Ed Cross Fine Art. On until December 20th, 2023, the exhibition interacts with the linguistic prefix “Re” serving as a method to interact with the concept of reincarnation and repetition. Opening its doors in…

November 27, 2023 Arts Rx A new partnership between Vaden Health Services and the program Art Pharmacy taps into the power of experiences like taking a poetry workshop or attending a photography exhibit for enhancing student well-being. Facebook Twitter LinkedIn Email By Robin Wander Stanford students enjoying art created by their peers. (Image credit: Nikolas…